Jonathan Majors could spend up to a year behind bars after being convicted of assaulting and harassing his former girlfriend Grace Jabbari.
Marvel Studios and the Walt Disney corporation have severed ties with the 34-year-old actor who will be sentenced in February after his conviction of third degree assault this week.
British dancer Ms Jabbari said she “hopes that her actions will inspire other survivors to speak out and seek justice”.
She had worked with Majors in 2021 on the set of Marvel’s Ant Man and the Wasp: Quantumania which was released in February, one month before his arrest.
Majors plays Kang The Conqueror in the film and was his latest major production following a string of hits including Creed III, Devotion, Lovecraft Country, The Harder They Fall, Da 5 Bloods.
Ms Jabbari said Majors twisted her arm in a position that caused her “excruciating pain” and struck her in the head in a confrontation that started when he received romantic texts.
“Her unwavering resolve to see this case through to the end is born out of a desire to show other survivors and victims of domestic violence that they too can hold their abuser accountable," Ms Henderson added.
A lawyer for Majors said he “looks forward to fully clearing his name”, suggesting an appeal against his conviction will be lodged.
Who is Jonathan Majors?
Majors, 34, starred in Creed III and Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania. He rose to prominence after starring in the independent feature film The Last Black Man in San Francisco.
Born in Santa Barbara County, California, Majors spent his early years living with his mother, who is a pastor, his older sister and younger brother on the Vandenberg military base, as his father was in the US Air Force.
In 2020, Majors said “Our father, who loved us dearly, just kind of disappeared one day … and he resurfaced 17 years later.” Majors has since reconnected with his father.
The family moved around various cities in Texas, including Dallas, Georgetown and Cedar Hill. He attended Cedar Hill High School and graduated from Duncanville High School in 2008.
He eventually found a place for himself in the world of theatre, which he became involved with after watching Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight. He said he felt Heath Ledger‘s performance as the Joker resembled the criminals with moralistic dualities he grew up with, who showed him the complexities of good and evil. He decided to become an actor so he could inspire others in the way that Ledger had inspired him.
Majors studied for his bachelor’s degree at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and later attended the Yale School of Drama; he graduated with an MFA degree in 2016.
More recent films include Da 5 Bloods, The Harder They Fall and last year’s release Devotion.
He also stars in the recent Sundance Film Festival entry Magazine Dreams, which Searchlight Pictures is to release in December.
